The New York Jets are all smiles now after finalizing the trade for Aaron Rodgers, but there was a time during negotiations with the Green Bay Packers when things weren't on solid ground.
Per ESPN's Rob Demovsky and Rich Cimini, Jets general manager Joe Douglas went two weeks without contacting Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst after the two sides had already been engaged in intense talks about a deal involving the four-time NFL MVP.
"It was really weird s--t," a source with direct knowledge of the negotiations told Demovsky and Cimini. "This should have been done in three or four days once talks started because [the final trade compensation] wasn't that far off from where it started.